DETROIT, MI — The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the Stellantis Mack Avenue Paint Shop a silver certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

For a building to achieve LEED silver certification, it must earn between 50 and 59 points across various design and construction categories that judge the project. Categories include site sustainability, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources used, indoor environmental quality, innovation in design, and regional priorities.

To give Stellantis a pair of state-of-the-art facilities, Giffin, Inc. hired Barton Malow as the general contractor for the Stellantis Mack Avenue (Detroit) and Warren Paint Shops.

The Warren Paint Shop and Mack Avenue Paint Shop projects included Barton Malow self-performing demolition and foundation installations, setting structural steel, performing building enclosure work, and slab-on-grade concrete placement.

The Mack Paint Shop is part of Detroit’s first new general assembly plant in about 30 years. This 790,000-square-foot facility stands about 900 feet long and three stories high. Since coming online in early 2021, the plant has produced the Jeep Grand Cherokee L and the next-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee.